Power Quotes · Page 163

“Your greatest disappointment will often lead you to your greatest appointment.”

— Chris Burkmenn

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

— Tacitus

“no matter how much I resist authority, I am everywhere implicated in this text.”

— Juana Maria Rodriguez

If only I had the influence with my wife and children that I have in some other quarters!

— Charlie Munger

There are a lot of arrogant men in the entertainment industry. You know there is abuse of power.

— Stacy Martin

History goes out of control almost as often as nature does.

— Mason Cooley

“Even if it is nonsense, it is often useful to know what kind of nonsense men believe.”

— John Christopher

“Discover what you need to do to make your life have meaning.”

— Sunday Adelaja

You have the power to change almost everything in your life, but you also have the power not to change anything.

— Sonya Parker

“Self-control is a divided battle in one body. The "self" produces desires that "you" must battle with and kick off. Two wrestlers…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about.”

— Stephen R. Covey

I've learned the dangerous lesson of the web: You succeed by giving up control, and that's inverse of the normal campaign.

— David Weinberger

There's people here that just have that natural power and natural ability, so I need to step up my defense, step up…

— Belal Muhammad

I've found that any time you go against the people's voice you're going up against a tsunami that will have unbelievable power…

— Mark Meadows

Occult powers, on the other hand, are much wider-ranging. They involve the ability to change dimensional structures and the evolutionary path of…

— Frederick Lenz

Change is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be a fish.

— Ovid

“I don't have a philosophy as such. Maybe a guiding principle, Carnegie's A man who acquires the ability to take full possession…

— E.L. James

'California Bones' is the first volume in my trilogy about Daniel Blackland, a wizard trying to survive in a world that eats…

— Greg van Eekhout

We don't want to give the controls to someone else; we want those reins ourselves. We want to get our way. And…

— Melody Beattie

The probability of the people in power being individuals who would dislike the possession and exercise of power is on a level…

— Frank Knight

Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you…

— Calvin Coolidge

“he [Robert Lovett] knew that those whose names were always in print, who were always on the radio and television, were there…

— David Halberstam

“Devereaux is going with our pitch.” “Hey, that’s just great,” I said superperkily. “Wendell’s or mine?” “Yours.” “But you want to fire…

— Marian Keyes

The illegitimate money made by corrupt public servants and the power that it gives them is then also used to perpetuate them…

— Prashant Bhushan

“Dominance is not a state of being, but a continuous act of narrative architecture.”

— Kangoma Kindembo

I can wield authority, but its the worst currency in the world.

— Robert Plant

“Through our intentions, a place no power can influence, we have the power to oppose.”

— Bryant McGill

The strongest bulwark of authority is uniformity; the least divergence from it is the greatest crime.

— Emma Goldman

My own accumulation of influences is actually what made me a writer in the first place.

— Andrew Sean Greer

Leaders don't influence you to be like them. They inspire you to be yourself.

— Alexander Den Heijer

Behind every successful person is an out-of-control imagination.

— El Haji Nero

You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that!

— Louise Hay

The more prepared I am, the more I'll be in control, less nervous, less stressed and more focused.

— Marilu Henner

“They all think they have everything under control, when, in fact, they control nothing.”

— Paulo Coelho

Most relationships breaks up because there is too much power involved.

— Behrad

For with primacy in power is also joined an awe inspiring accountability to the future.

— Winston Churchill

“Since you can’t be influence by people who hate you, you cannot influence people you hate also.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

I have a strong disrespect for authority and for rules. Including gravity. Gravity sucks.

— Sebastian Thrun

The power of God is present at all places, even in the tiniest tree leaf.

— Martin Luther

A man of mystery and power, whose power is exceeded only by his mystery.

— Anonymous